Outnumbered and Overjoyed

What a day. Lehr has been gone since Friday morning on a camping trip, so the kids and I have been flying 'solo' this weekend. Frida...

Eli's team has been on quite the winning streak! After a rough start to the season between rain, cold and many losses, they have now won...

Oh that girl. I can't get enough of her. It's been a while since I've had an opportunity to spend some time with her and the c...

So finally, after wearing the original shoes for almost a month, and the 'new' custom shoes for a week, we had almost a full week of...

In the last year or so, Lehr has had the opportunity to take each of the kids individually to the beach. Then last spring, Maddux was able t...

So we've been working through Eli's feet challenges for a month now. He's been wearing UFO 'boots' at night to help stre...

Eli wears my old sunglasses to his games these days (the ones that aren't cancelled due to rain, anyway). I bought this pair about 10 ye...

What a crazy 'spring' it's been. Eli has had more games and practices cancelled (to be rescheduled) than he's actually playe...

This morning the Kindergarten classes at Maddux's school put on a musical performance for all of the adults. Maddux has been practicing ...

Maddux has been waiting all school-year long to be chosen as "Star Student". Most Friday afternoons, her teacher reaches into a fi...

The only standing conflict I have for kids' sports this season is Thursday night at 7:30. And for two weeks in a row Eli has had make-up...

Yet another update on the process we are currently in with Eli's feet. This week I did some extra research and confirmed my theory tha...

Still struggling. We have only had one (maybe two) nights where Eli's shoes have stayed on through the night. The other nights he eith...

Usually its Maddux that is all about taking care of the family's needs, but today Eli proved himself to be just as capable. I woke up du...

In months past, Lehr and I have noticed some signs of relapse in Eli's feet. In general, they've been less flexible and he's bee...

Maddux has been working on her first loose tooth for several weeks. One of her lower middle teeth has been wiggling back and forth almost si...

Wow.  We got a great report from Eli's teacher last week regarding his behavior. That was 'WOW' enough. But to top it off, th...

The kids had picture day at school this week. They took both class photos and individual. We picked out some nice clothes the nice before an...

What a week we've had with Eli. It's not been perfect...he's had his moments of frustration (always linked to fatigue), but all ...

Our latest home project has been the backyard. We cleared it, leveled it, fenced it, and grassed it over the last nine months. Now we are...